Detachable handle.



Na. 2360;270. PATENTED JULY 16, 1907. 0. E. TREWHELLA.

DETAGHABLB HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED 313.17, 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT orrron.

CHARLES E. TREWHELLA, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO AMERICANSILVER COMPANY, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

DETACHABLE HANDLE.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. TREWHELLA, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at New Britain, in the county of Hartford and State ofConnecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inDetachable Handles, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in detachable handles for chafingdishes, culinary vessels and analogousarticles from which it isdesirable to detach the handles for shipping or other purposes, and theobject of my improvement is to furnish a simple, efficient andinexpensive handle, that may readily be attached to and detached from, asocket on the chafing dish or other vessel.

' In the accompanying drawingz-Figure 1 is a plan view of my handletogether with the socket from which the handle is detachable. Fig. 2 isan enlarged sectional elevation of the middle portion of the same, onthe line ac x of Fig.1, the outer ends of the handle and socket beingbroken off. Fig. 3 is an end view of the handle, as detached from thesocket.

A, designates a tubular socket having an opening or keeper hole 4 nearthe mouth end 5, to which the handle is to be fitted. The opposite end 6of this socket is in the nature of a stub that may be changed in shapeby cutting or bending or both, in any way that may be found desirablefor the purpose of permanently attaching the socket to a chafing dish orother article. The essential feature of this socket is that the end 6may be attached in any proper manner to the dish or vessel while the end5 remains in condition to receive and hold the detachable handle B. Themain body of the handle may be of any ordinary construction andmaterial, as for example, wood. Its smaller end is reduced in size toreceive the ferrule-plug 7 and the reduced portion is slabbed off alittle on one side, as at 8, to receive the body of a strap spring 9, inthe space between the reduced portion and inside of the ferrule-plug 7.As shown, the ferrule-plug is longer than the reduced portion or neck ofthe handle on which it is placed but this is not essential. Theferrule-plug and strap spring may be secured in any proper manner tohold them firmly on the handle. This may be done by one pin 10 whichpasses through the ferrule-plug, the spring and that portion of thehandle upon which the ferruleplug is seated. The outer end of the springhas secured thereto a catch pin 11 for engaging the hole or keeper hole4, and should be the same distance from the shoulder 12 at the junctionof the reduced portion and body of the handle, that the hole 4 is fromthat end of the socket A to which the plug 7 of the handle is presented.The part 7 is called a ferrule plug because it is in the form of aferrule, and acts as a plug for fitting the Specification of LettersPatent.

Application filed February 17. 1906.

Patented July 16, 1907.

Serial No. 801,600.

socket. In order to prevent lateral movement of the catch pin 11 withinthe ferrule-plug the said pin is made to pass through a hole or notch 13in the said forrule-plug. I preier to bevel oil the catch pin 11, at itsouter end upon that side which faces the mouth end of the socket.

When the handle-plug or ferrule-plug is inserted within the socket Auntil the mouth end of the socket abuts against the shoulder 12 of thehandle, the catch pin may be brought into register with the keeper hole4 of the socket and engage the same, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Thespring 9 normally holds the catch pin in position for engagement. Inorder to detach the handle, the catch pin 11 is depressed to bring itsboveled portion slightly inside of the socket A, when the handle may bewithdrawn by merely pulling it out of the socket. To attach the handleagain, the handle plug is-entered within the socket with the spring 9placed under tension and the catch pin inside of the socket. The handleis then pushed in until stopped by the shoulder 12 striking the mouth ofthe socket. If the catch pin does .not then register with the keeperhole, the handle may be rotated within the socket until they registerand the catch pin snaps into place, as shown. The ferrule-plug andsocket while fitted so as to be easily connected and disconnected, areat the same time fitted closely enough to make a firm connection and thespring catch securely fastens them together. The strap form of springenables the spring to be extended longitudinally of the handle, securedthereto by one end while its opposite end carries the catch pin, wherebyan eflicient and durable spring catch is produced.

I claim as my invention:

The combination of a socket having a keeper hole with a handle having ashoulder and tip outside of the said shoulder, in the form or. a reducedportion or neck, the said tip having a slabbed 011 face that extendsfrom the outer end of the handle to the said shoulder and having also atransverse pin hole near the said shoulder and end ofthe slabbed offface, a ferrule-plug mounted on the said tip and having a catch pin holeor notch at one end and pin holes at the other end, a strap springhaving a catch pin at one end and a pin hole at the other end, the saidspring extending longitudinally between the said slnbbed oil portion ofthe tip and inner side of the said ferrule plug, with the catch pinprojecting through the notch of the ferrule plug and its pin hole at theother end in registration with the pin holes of the ferrule plug andhandle tip, and one pin that passes through the ferrule plug, thespring, and that portion of the handle upon which the ferrule plug isseated at a point between the said shoulder and outer end of the handle.

CHARLES F1. TREWHELLA.

Witnesses JAMES A. Macurnn, Gus'mn A. .TonusoN.

